Wakefield, NE 68784 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wakefield, NE, ZIP 68784
Around 05/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 250 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 148 frost-free days later.
Wakefield sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5a around Wakefield has about 5 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 05/05 isn't a guarantee
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wakefield compares
At roughly 148 frost-free days, Wakefield places 35,733 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 537 of 605.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Wakefield's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Wakefield's dates instead of trusting one.